A61F 2250/0085
Identification means
Official title: Identification means; Administration of patients
A61F2250/0085 (Identification means) appears on 380 US grants and 493 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 380
- Published applications
- 493
- Assignees
- 215
- Inventors
- 744
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 8 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15 |
| 2003 | 11 | 16 |
| 2004 | 7 | 22 |
| 2005 | 5 | 26 |
| 2006 | 12 | 30 |
| 2007 | 15 | 25 |
| 2008 | 9 | 36 |
| 2009 | 11 | 23 |
| 2010 | 12 | 26 |
| 2011 | 18 | 24 |
| 2012 | 18 | 22 |
| 2013 | 23 | 14 |
| 2014 | 24 | 23 |
| 2015 | 16 | 27 |
| 2016 | 19 | 24 |
| 2017 | 28 | 24 |
| 2018 | 18 | 18 |
| 2019 | 18 | 18 |
| 2020 | 14 | 12 |
| 2021 | 15 | 18 |
| 2022 | 6 | 13 |
| 2023 | 13 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 11 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Heart valve stents adapted for post-implant expansion22 Sep 2026US 12,740,858 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Expandable surgical heart valve indicators4 Aug 2026US 12,697,207 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Lenses with optical markings28 Apr 2026US 12,611,295 B2AMO Groningen B. V.
- Catheter delivery system for stent valve30 Sep 2025US 12,427,020 B2Boston Scientific Corporation
- Ophthalmological implant and method for producing same23 Sep 2025US 12,419,737 B2Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
- Deployment marker30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115026 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Catheter delivery system for stent valve22 Jan 2026US 2026/0020958 A1Boston Scientific Corporation
- Prosthetic heart valve with suture loop preventing member30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331985 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Leaflet Color Patterns Indicative of Tissue Treatment2 Oct 2025US 2025/0302610 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Gender Specific Implant and Packaging14 Aug 2025US 2025/0255729 A1P Tech, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Miniature implanted orthopedic sensors845US 6,447,448 B1Ball Semiconductor, Inc. · 2002
- Intervertebral allograft spacer747US 6,258,125 B1Synthes USA, LLC · 2001
- Implantable medical device characterization system516US 5,423,334 AC. R. Bard, Inc. · 1995
- Artificial functional spinal unit assemblies508US 7,204,853 B2Flexuspine, Inc. · 2007
- Intervertebral allograft spacer502US 6,554,863 B2Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation · 2003